im looking to sell my integra...and i posted it a few times on here...and i got an email today which threw me for a loop...i dont know what to make of it...im not sure i trust it...

Thanks for your responsed and I really much interested in the Chicago 1992 GSR, I will like to purchase it from you and if you want to sell it for
me.Well I based in the United Kingdom and I have a client in the
state.that oweing me sum of $4,000 and I can tell my client to issue out the
money order within three days.
Then you will deduct your goods amount which is $2,200 and you will send the
remaining balance to me in the Uk which is $1,800 via through (Money Gram)
and I will use the part of the money for the pick up of the Chicago 1992 GSR.
Well I have a local shipper that will handle the shipping
arrangements, So dont border yourself about the shipping.
Please let me know if it suitable for you and mail me with your full name,address and phone number.
I will tell my client to issue out the money order or cashier's check to you fast.
I will like to hear from you soonest.


what do u guys think?

 

SCAM do not go through with it. It is a very common scam.

 

Sounds alittle fishy to me
I wouldnt let the car go until i either had the cash in hand or the check or money order had cleared and the money was in my account.

 

the part that i notice the second time i read it was...they wanted to give me 4,000 and then i would take what was mine...which would be the 2,200 and make another money order and send it back to them...now why would i do that? why wouldnt i get a seprate check....

 

This is the most common scam going. If you try to sell something on the interweb you will get this bs, just ignore it.

 

scam...ignore it.

i've seen stuff like this where you're supposed to 'house' money for someone, then you take a part and give the rest to someone else...money laundering if you really want to put a title to it (if so you could catch some serious legal trouble)

 

thanks guys.

 

SCAM.

I went along with it twice and this is what i got. {personal info chopped off}


Got a returned check saying "Apparent Counterfeit Money Order".
Bank also charged me 4 bucks.



I Went to the bank to cash this one and felt like a dumb *** when the teller told me to stand over there while she had a talk when her manager. Then the manager came to me and asked me where i got this blah blah blah. And i said i sold something online, she told me there is a scam going on and did i ship out the item yet, i told her no. And she said good. Anyways, this was already cashed a long time ago.

 

yes. this is called the nigerian 419 scam. they offer a **** load of money to you, often times more than you want for the goods, then they send a fraudulent money order. even if you get the money order and deposit it, it might not be found out until a later date. then the bank will take the missing cash out of your account. by this time, the scammers have walked away with pletnty of your cash and youre fuc*ed. if you get any more of these emails, tell them to fuc* themselves.

 

scam man....dont lose your db2 over it


Modified by projectTeG at 12:45 AM 11/23/2005

 

thats a scam, they don't even want the car. they just want you to send that "remaining balance" money to them thru money gram, which is completely anonymous. this is a very common scam these days. they are going to send you a fake money order which will probably end up cashing depending on the quality of the forged document, but will eventually come back fake. YOU will then end up having to pay the full amount the fake was worth, even though you didn't know it was fake.....

 

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how bout you wait till u get full money in hand,, dont send out until u got tha FULL cash

 

i also got one of these emails when i was trying to sell my moms benz on recycler.
these are very common on a days. just dont respoond to this kind of emial

 

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doesn't matter. once he sends out the "remaining balance" to them via money gram hes never gonna hear from them again. even if he cahes that fake money order they are going to send him and it goes thru, and he gets that cash in his hand, he will eventually have to pay it back because the money order will eventually come back fake. they don't even want anything to do with the car, that part is all bs about him having a friend nearby thats going to pick it up.

stay away!

 

Yup it's a scam no doubt about it........like i almost bought a 98 TT 6sp for $6000 on Autotrader....

 

Thats a scam, I got an email like that before off craigslist asking me to do the same thing. Dont trust those email's.

 

scam

 

No doubt it's a scam....as you read, it's not that hard to figure it out that it's a scam.

I get that kind of messages all the time when I sell stuff on Ebay...."Hello, seller. I'm Elizabeth Frederick from Nageria and I would like to purchase this phone for $900 plus shipping...blah blah blah..."

 

It is def BS! Everytime I post my car for sale, I get 2-5 of these types of scams.

 

As soon as you read another country in there, just don't even bother.

 

Definitely a SCAM! they are all over the place. especially on RECYCLER!

 

whats scary is that its so common

 

you are selling your 92 gsr for only 2200 dollars wtf ? around here they go for like 5

 

this is all fake. i had a similar experience with a guy who wanted to buy something i had for sale on the recycler, he send me a check for 16,000. i didnt even bother taking it to the bank. all out of sea scammers say the say thing.

1. i was interested in your advert
2. my name is john doe from the U.K.
3. PLase give me your adress, name, contact number, etc.
4. i have a client the is interested in your advert.

If you dont believe me put an ad on the recycler and see how many e-mails you get from people in the U.K.